Nick Schacht
New Market Thoughts
Dec 19, 2025
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News & Updates
Edtech and Workforce Development News Roundup - 12/19
In today's ever-changing world of education and workforce development, technology is increasingly shaping the opportunities available to students, schools, and employers. From online talent marketplaces and cutting-edge edtech tools to personalized support systems and updated regulations, these changes reflect a shared effort to make education more transparent, results-focused, and centered around the learner.
Dec 12, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Development News Roundup - 12/12
In today's rapidly evolving workforce Industry, traditional pathways into employment are facing unprecedented challenges, from eroding entry-level opportunities to shifting perceptions of higher education's value. As AI continues to transform skill requirements and job roles, innovative approaches (such as portfolio-based work-based learning, skills-first strategies, and streamlined educational systems) are emerging as vital solutions to bridge gaps and foster economic mobility.
Dec 5, 2025
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Edtech and Workforce Development News Roundup - 12/05
In this week's News Roundup, the articles featured highlight how the traditional pathways from education to career are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. From the widening gap between high school graduation and workforce readiness to the diminishing returns of a college degree, stakeholders across the education and employment sectors are rethinking how we prepare young people for success.
Nick Schacht is a highly experienced executive with a history of driving product innovation, growth and
profitability and he has led organizations operating worldwide. Nick’s career has been all about Talent.
For more than four decades he has been driven by improving workplace skills, revolutionizing learning
and development, and getting the right people with the right skills in the right places at the right time.
Nick is the Chief Global Development Officer and Head of Strategy for SHRM, the world’s largest HR
professional society, where he leads the SHRM teams responsible for: SHRM strategic planning and
strategic initiative execution; developing and delivering all SHRM education and training courses,
products and services, including SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP certification preparation training; SHRM/s
eCommerce activities; developing and fulfilling SHRM business outside the United States; driving
SHRM’s enterprise business-building programs in advertising, sponsorships and exhibitions; and
developing and fulfilling all SHRM business-to-business activities.
Before joining SHRM, Nick has been the founder and CEO of KnowCyber, a learning and development
company focused on improving the cybersecurity-related skills of people in all types of organizations
worldwide; the President and Chief Operating Officer for PetroSkills, a provider of training and
development services to the worldwide petroleum industry; the CEO and President of Learning Tree
International, a publicly traded provider of IT and management learning and development; and the
President of Global Learning Systems, a start-up focused on e-Learning and digital content. He served in
a variety of capacities at ESI International, culminating in his role as President when ESI was sold to the
Institute for International Research (IIR) and then as Group President for the Americas for IIR. He has
been a Research Fellow at the Logistics Management Institute and began his career as a U.S. Navy
Supply Officer, on the headquarters staff of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
Nick graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Academy, and holds Master’s degrees in Administration
from the University of Maryland University College, and Information Systems Technology from The
George Washington University. He holds a SHRM-SCP certification.
